Yay! Today we had 4 more seconds of daylight than yesterday and tomorrow we'll get 8 more seconds of daylight than today!
And I want you all to know that I appreciate every one of those seconds!
@bobjonkman
The first person to come out with "Ah the nights are drawing out" gets their forehead stapled to the door frame.
@bobjonkman following this exponential curve, we'll have multiple days of sunlight per day in a couple weeks
I don't think it's exponential. More of a dodgy sine wave but my astrophysics is a bit rusty.
If it was exponential, then there would need to be a regular cataclysmic change. Get the timing wrong by a fraction of a nanosecond and the earth would fly off to oblivion.
Oooh - proof of a God ... right there. Oh well done! Proof by assertion comes up with God (pick your flavour) again.
Sorry, couldn't resist 8)
@bobjonkman
We are now waiting for #summer again. Second by second.
#goodnews
@bobjonkman quit stealing our Southern Hemisphere sunlight, I've only just got used to these beautiful long days!
Come join us when we reach the equinox, you'll get the best of both hemispheres then!
@bobjonkman don't mean to brag but I'm getting 57 seconds tomorrow.
@bobjonkman I think the mornings continue to slip later still into early January, but I'm appreciating that the afternoons are brightening so as to outpace the depressing late mornings! Yay sunlight!
Orbital mechanics is a harsh (and complicated) mistress.
https://earthsky.org/tonight/earliest-sunset-today-but-not-shortest-day/
@bobjonkman kinda annoyed it's not 16 more tomorrow so we can have a more fun progression
@bobjonkman We should really have a giant feast around winter solstice, with lots of tiny lights to compensate for the darkness, and like a get-together with the whole family with some good food, and maybe some gifts.
Makes you wonder why no such feast exists.